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Maiasaura was a herbivore. It lived in the Cretaceous period and inhabited North America. Its fossils have been found in places such as Montana.

Quick facts about Maiasaura:

Existed from Santonian Age to 70.6 million years ago
Lived in a terrestrial habitat
Was a herbivore
Reproduced by laying eggs
7 different specimens have been found by paleontologists

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Locations where Maiasaura fossils were found.

Location of Maiasaura fossils.

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Maiasaura was described by the following scientific paper(s):

K. F. Hirsch and B. Quinn. 1990. Eggs and eggshell fragments from the Upper Cretaceous Two Medicine Formation of Montana. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 10(4):491-511
J. R. Horner. 1982. Evidence of colonial nesting and "site fidelity" among ornithischian dinosaurs . Nature 297(5868):675-676

Maiasaura

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Maiasaura_BW.jpg

Maiasaura

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Source: http://jpl-live-the-legend.wikia.com/wiki/Maiasaura_peeblesorum

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Source: http://marchan-forest.blogspot.com/2012/06/maiasaura.html

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Source: http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Maiasaura_Nest_Model.001_-_Natural_History_Museum_of_London.JPG

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Source: http://jerseyboyshuntdinosaurs.blogspot.com/2013/05/maiasaura-prehistoric-animal-of-week.html

Maiasaura

Source: http://sauropedia.wordpress.com/2011/06/21/maiasaura/

Maiasaura

Source: http://jerseyboyshuntdinosaurs.blogspot.com/2013/05/maiasaura-prehistoric-animal-of-week.html

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Source: http://www.wallpapers-free.co.uk/background/dinosaurs/herbivore/maiasaura-and-her-babies/

Maiasaura

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Maiasaura

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Maiasaura

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